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We are the soul of a newspaper. Not just any newspaper. We are the soul of the Toronto Sun from back in the day when it was the tabloid everyone in Toronto talked about. We are the people who helped make it happen. Sadly, most of us are long gone from the Sun. Many are now deceased. But when we were all a part of the Sun, as it was, it was a vibrant, kick ass paper that captured the impossible dream.

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Bruce Borland, one of five Day Oners in the Sun's Syndicate department, got his start in print media as a 16-year-old Toronto Telegram delivery truck hopper. A year later, he moved to the Tely's Syndicate news service. After the Sun bought the Syndicate off the doomed Tely for a reported $35,000, Don Hunt, Syndicate director, called Bruce into his office and said: "We are starting a newspaper called the Sun and we would like you to join us." At 21, it was the start of a three-decade-plus membership in the Toronto Sun Family. Syndicate staffers worked out of the Tely's old Syndicate office for three months before joining the others in the Eclipse building. After the Sun moved to 333 in 1975, Bruce transferred to the press room. There he stayed for almost 30 years until health issues curbed his full-time employment. Bruce says his press room colleagues, plus Doug, Peter, Don and others at the Sun were true "family" during tough times that included a divorce, a custody battle and health issues.

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